The Role
Protect company systems, infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, endpoints, and data by investigating incidents, administering security platforms, assessing vulnerabilities, coordinating remediation, conducting security reviews, and improving controls. The role supports monitoring across endpoint, identity, email, network, cloud, and application environments while documenting findings, runbooks, audit evidence, and risk assessments aligned with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK.
Summary Generated by Built In
Credo is seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to join the Security Engineering team. This role will help protect the company’s systems, infrastructure, cloud environments, applications, endpoints, and data.
The Security Engineer will investigate security alerts and incidents, manage security technologies, assess vulnerabilities, improve security controls, support third-party security reviews, and partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, and business teams to reduce cybersecurity risk.
The successful candidate will be capable of independently investigating technical security issues, driving remediation activities, improving security processes, and clearly communicating findings and risks to stakeholders.
Base salary range is $90,000 - $110,000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.
Why Credo
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions. Our high-speed copper and optical interconnect products deliver industry-leading power and performance at up to 1.6T to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI.
Our product portfolio includes ZeroFlap (ZF) Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and ZF optical transceivers, OmniConnect memory solutions, and a suite of retimers and DSPs for optical and copper Ethernet and PCIe, all leveraging the PILOT diagnostic and analytics software platform. Credo innovations enable our customers to connect the systems that connect the world.
Credo is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected].
The Security Engineer will investigate security alerts and incidents, manage security technologies, assess vulnerabilities, improve security controls, support third-party security reviews, and partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, and business teams to reduce cybersecurity risk.
The successful candidate will be capable of independently investigating technical security issues, driving remediation activities, improving security processes, and clearly communicating findings and risks to stakeholders.
Base salary range is $90,000 - $110,000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.
Why Credo
- Purpose: We invest in what matters. From meaningful-future shaping projects to competitive compensation, we empower you to grow your career while making a lasting impact.
- People: Connection starts within. We collaborate, celebrate wins, and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
- Possibilities: Our belief shapes what’s next. Our technology powers the most reliable and energy-efficient connections around the world – and our team powers new products and markets that come next.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience), plus at least three years in security engineering, security operations, incident response, or vulnerability management.
- Hands-on experience investigating security alerts and incidents, and analyzing logs from multiple technologies and data sources.
- Experience administering or supporting enterprise security tools, with working knowledge of vulnerability assessment, prioritization, remediation, and validation.
- Strong understanding of endpoint, network, identity, email, cloud, application, and data-security principles, including Windows and Linux/Unix, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and least privilege.
- Scripting or automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash), strong documentation and problem-solving abilities, and the ability to communicate risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with platforms such as Rapid7, Tenable, CrowdStrike or Microsoft De-fender, Palo Alto Networks Prisma/Strata, and Proofpoint.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 security, cloud-security tooling across AWS, Azure, or GCP, and DLP or data-security platforms.
- Exposure to PAM and password vaults, PKI, application control, micro-segmentation, and virtualization technologies.
- Experience with security orchestration, workflow automation, and ticketing or re-mediation tracking (e.g., Jira).
- Certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, Google Cloud Security Engineer, or CISSP/Associate of ISC2.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, investigate, and respond to security alerts and incidents across endpoint, identity, email, network, cloud, and application environments, leading or supporting containment, remediation, and recovery.
- Administer and tune enterprise security platforms (SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall/SASE, email security, DLP), including detection rules, integrations, health checks, and automation.
- Perform vulnerability and exposure assessments, prioritize remediation by risk, coordinate fixes with IT and application owners, and validate completion.
- Support security monitoring and secure configuration across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and conduct technical security reviews of vendors, SaaS applications, and new technologies.
- Document findings, runbooks, and evidence; support risk assessments and audits aligned with ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK; and contribute to security projects and continuous improvement.
Benefits
Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions. Our high-speed copper and optical interconnect products deliver industry-leading power and performance at up to 1.6T to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI.
Our product portfolio includes ZeroFlap (ZF) Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and ZF optical transceivers, OmniConnect memory solutions, and a suite of retimers and DSPs for optical and copper Ethernet and PCIe, all leveraging the PILOT diagnostic and analytics software platform. Credo innovations enable our customers to connect the systems that connect the world.
Credo is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected].
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least three years of experience in security engineering, security operations, incident response, or vulnerability management
- Hands-on experience investigating security alerts and incidents and analyzing logs from multiple technologies and data sources
- Experience administering or supporting enterprise security tools
- Working knowledge of vulnerability assessment, prioritization, remediation, and validation
- Understanding of endpoint, network, identity, email, cloud, application, and data-security principles
- Knowledge of Windows and Linux/Unix, TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, and least privilege
- Scripting or automation skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash
- Strong documentation, problem-solving, and technical and non-technical communication skills
- Experience with Rapid7, Tenable, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, Palo Alto Networks Prisma or Strata, or Proofpoint
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 security and cloud-security tooling across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with DLP, PAM, password vaults, PKI, application control, micro-segmentation, and virtualization technologies
- Experience with security orchestration, workflow automation, and ticketing or remediation tracking tools such as Jira
- Certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, Google Cloud Security Engineer, or CISSP/Associate of ISC2
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The Company
What We Do
Credo is a semiconductor and connectivity technology company developing fast, reliable, energy-efficient solutions for AI-driven applications, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks. Its portfolio is built on SerDes intellectual property, advanced integrated-circuit design, and system-level engineering, supporting data rates up to 1.6T. The company pioneered Active Electrical Cables and provides high-speed interconnect products and IP that reduce bandwidth bottlenecks across modern data-center infrastructure.
